Background: Based on the manga by Natsuki Takaya, Fruits Basket is an anime series directed by Akitaro Daichi. The story involves Tohru Honda, an orphan who moves in with the Sohma family. Tohru soon learns that the family is possessed by the animal spirits of the Chinese Zodiac, and together the family and the former orphan must learn how to live together in their less than ordinary world.

Background: Based on the "light novels" (books with manga illustrations) by Shoji Gatoh and Shikidouji, the Full Metal Panic! series has been adapted for manga and anime. Three anime series have been produced (Full Metal Panic!, Full Metal Panic? Fumoffu Full, and Metal Panic!: The Second Raid) featuring Sousuke Sagara, a teenage mercenary, mecha pilot, and member of the antiterrorist force called Mithril. Sagara is assigned the task of protecting Kaname Chidori, a high school student who harbors special abilities, while also maintaining his undercover identity as a student himself.

Background: Based on the manga series created by Hiromu Arakawa, Fullmetal Alchemist has been adapted as an anime series and a movie, as well as to videogame form. The story is about Edward Elric and his brother Alphonse who use the science of alchemy in an attempt to resurrect their dead mother. They fail in their efforts, but the resulting magic leaves Alphonse's spirit in the unfeeling steel of an ancient suit of armor and sees Edward losing an arm and a leg, both of which are replaced with "automail" prosthetic limbs. The brothers eventually embark on a search for the Philosopher's Stone, which they believe can restore their bodies to their natural state.

Background:Genshiken is a manga by Kio Shimoku and an anime directed by Tsutomu Mizushima. The series is about otaku (obsessive fans) and their fixations, including Kanji Sasahara, a shy college student who joins the Genshiken club in his freshman year. There he meets fellow otaku and non-otaku alike, including Saki Kasukabe, who hangs around with the club because her boyfriend is a member, and Harunobu Madarame, a hardcore fan.